I don't think the BA would mind this much:

March 21, 2002 | For the first time, astronomers have discovered a bunch of new extrasolar planets — and perhaps other small, dark objects as well — by detecting the slight dimming they cause when passing across the face of a star.

The article says that they checked out 52,000 main-sequence stars, and came up with 46 that "clearly showed signs of smaller objects transiting across their faces."

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